Now that the baseball season is over for the LA Dodgers, it's time to start wondering where Manny Ramirez will wind up next season. My top five possibilities:

5. Baltimore Orioles - Peter Angelos loves to sign aging sluggers, and in this case he'd actually be signing one who is still hitting (and who is apparently not using any performance-enhancing drugs; we'll leave mood-enhancing drugs out for now). If he heads here, expect him to finish his first season under a five year, $130 million contract with a .211 batting average, 8 home runs and 24 RBI just to fit the pattern.

4. New York Yankees - of course everyone has him going here, as he's from New York and the Steinbrenners are angling to have the first billion-dollar payroll in sports. I'm less convinced that Manny will wind up here, either because A-Rod has some sort of hissy fit over his potential singing or it will finally dawn on Manny that life in the Yankees fishbowl will be even tighter than in the Red Sox fishbowl (I assume the explanation will involve flash cards, a game of charades and the use of Lego figurines).

3. Los Angeles Dodgers - Manny seems to like LA, and the fans have certainly reacted well to him. I don't know if the mutual appreciation would last if he became a regular, either through fans not understanding that he doesn't always hit .400 or Manny finding LA a little too anonymous. But the Dodgers have let the Angels get the upper hand in terms of local baseball supremacy, and signing Manny would be a good way to change that around a bit.

(Of course, Anaheim could make a play here, and by not putting them on the list I'm more or less guaranteeing that Manny will be with the Halos by Thanksgiving.)

2. New York Mets - this is almost the perfect scenario for Manny, as he'd be playing in New York for a team with a strong Latino orientation, but would be under less of a microscope thanks to the attention given to the Yankees. I don't know if Manny would react well to the one time the Mets get attention: their annual swoon from playoff contention. I also don't know if the Mets want to throw the sort of money at Manny that other teams will pony up, but they do have a new stadium to fill (which you may have heard about through all the din surrounding Yankee Stadium), and Manny would help with that.

1. San Francisco Giants - they're a team that has a proven track record for spending money on aging sluggers who may not be the clubhouse fave. They have a dedicated fan base, but one not known for its rabidity. They're rebuilding and can use a marquee name, and playing in the NL West they're never that far out of playoff contention. And what major league city would be more accepting of Manny than this one?